Audio Visual Blog

Not sure if you goons have used this before, but hopefully you guys will be able to help me out here.
Anyway, to give some background information.
I mainly use a Logitech Z-5500 for my console gaming. But you as know, apartment, wargames, late night gaming, just don’t go well with anyone. So I have been plugging my ATH-900 headphone into Z-5500 decoder at night.Now that I read about the SU-DH1 system, I have a few questions.
First of all, I am no audiophile to start with (I cant tell differences in sound quality when it comes to high-end stuff)
With that out of the way, will I be able to get a large improvement when I upgrade to SU-DH1 system? i.e. when compared to having the headphones plugged directly into Z-5500’s decoder. Also, how do ATH-900 and SU-DH1 combination usually sound in comparison to a real 5.1 system?

Also, is audiocubes the only retailer to acquire this device if I am located in Canada?

Lastly, is this set up: SU-DH1+ATH-900 a good idea to start with? or do you guys have any superior recommendation for an alternative set-up at this price range?

I don’t know how it’s done, but DHP is pretty well regarded. Here’s a demo, and an episode of MacBreak Weekly recorded in DHP.

Sounds pretty good to me.

Kind of related, this reminded me that I haven’t used any kind of headphone crossfeed since going back to Winamp. Searching around, the Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural DSP sounds the best to me. It would be interesting to compare this to DHP for stereo listening as Dolby adds ambient room information to the mix.